8x8 Contact Center vs. IFS Customer Engagement

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
8x8 Contact Center
Score 7.5 out of 10
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8x8 Contact Center is a solution that helps businesses boost engagement, collaboration, and operational effectiveness for customer success. Built on the 8x8 XCaaS platform, 8x8 Contact Center helps businesses to connect and collaborate with individuals working inside and outside of the organization.N/A
IFS Customer Engagement
Score 8.9 out of 10
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IFS Customer Engagement is based on the mplSystems Omni-Channel Contact Centre, now owned and supported by IFS since the August 2017 acquisition. It contains workforce optimization with messaging and email support emphasizing the needs of outbound call centers.N/A
Pricing
8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
Top Pros
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Features
8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Contact Center
6.4
141 Ratings
26% below category average
IFS Customer Engagement
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Ratings
Agent dashboard7.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers6.5111 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response6.5111 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding6.8127 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)5.282 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer7.4122 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing7.954 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response6.076 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs6.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts7.274 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking6.6123 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration4.172 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration5.764 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Contact Center
7.0
131 Ratings
16% below category average
IFS Customer Engagement
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Ratings
Inbound call routing7.8118 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing7.468 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording7.7116 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management7.2115 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics6.4117 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting5.9108 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys6.362 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.36 Ratings00 Ratings
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8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
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User Ratings
8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(145 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.2
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(53 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
8x8 Contact CenterIFS Customer Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
8x8, Inc.
Customer service/regular call center would be good places to implement this. It seems fairly user friendly & doesn't take too much to figure out the in's & out's of the system. Places that don't have IT staff or outsource all of their IT problems or questions would probably have some more difficulty with this because it can be a little complicated when it comes to specific attributes to 8x8 Contact Center such as installation/configuration, scripts, & queues.
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IFS
There is genuinely not a lot to dislike about the application. Maybe it's due to legacy implementations and updates, but sometimes the request for service from the suppliers can take too long and is drawn out. IFS Customer Engagement is helping us to make sure we're able to get the right parts to the right resources with appropriate skills for each request. This saves time on resources in planning and optimization of routes. IFS has also allowed connecting to supplier APIs to be able to do real-time stock checks and order to enable us to reduce stock levels to the minimum levels whilst still hitting key targets.
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Pros
8x8, Inc.
  • The out of the box chat feature is outstanding for your website. My team was able to adopt chat easily.
  • Setting up the system with the help of an integrator was especially easy and did not require any IT training on my part.
  • The visibility of being able to manage my team and all media channels in one panel is awesome.
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IFS
  • Strong Supply Chain Module.
  • Asset Management Process is well addressed.
  • IFS Manufacturing Module.
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Cons
8x8, Inc.
  • With 2-party states, 8x8 does not give us an option to modify the recorded statement that alerts parties the call is being recorded. The one we could use tends to sound harsh to the second party, and tends to cause sales losses.
  • When they recently changed their admin panel UI, several things the old UI had available never made it across to the new platform.
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IFS
  • Quick response on emails is sought, chat staff sometimes takes time.
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Likelihood to Renew
8x8, Inc.
8 x 8 is not an ordinary system, it works well for everyday business and assists in working efficiencies. So much is required for credentialing and re-credentialing. 8 x 8 takes out a lot of the extra steps by providing smarter working features that saves time and money. Also, when faxing, once the fax is complete, you receive an actual confirmation! Absolutely love this feature.
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IFS
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Usability
8x8, Inc.
The system is flexible, adaptable and easy to use and research. Once again the reporting is fantastic and gives up the information we need to be successful and even make changes or tweaks. The 8x8 Contact Center team is there to assist with questions when needed or to help get through an issue. Charlie Knutson is the best!!
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IFS
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Reliability and Availability
8x8, Inc.
The only issue I have ran across was on getting the updated new version
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IFS
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Performance
8x8, Inc.
Yes everything loads quickly and its ready for use
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IFS
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Support Rating
8x8, Inc.
The initial live support person seems to be just collecting information and is outsourced. Sometimes it is difficult to communicate with them, but going through this process gets me to the right person and having my support ticket opened in order. It's usually very smooth thereafter.
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IFS
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In-Person Training
8x8, Inc.
Detailed training and good quality to provide our customers to achieve their needs and to give the best we can as far as information and technology and the best service we can to have the customers be satisfied with the technology and the best quality to get the best answers to their doubts.
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IFS
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Online Training
8x8, Inc.
its was with the best quality and the best performance we could have as far as detailed information for us to get the best training on how to get used of 8*8 and provide the best quality and technology to provide to our customers when they need and made us fell comforatble in how to use it
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IFS
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Implementation Rating
8x8, Inc.
The transition from Mitel to 8 x 8 was smooth and no "hiccups". The support was one of the best that we had received. No surprises except what 8 x 8 is actually capable of doing! Support remained available throughout the transition! Co-workers were amazed at what they were able to do with having 8 x 8,
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IFS
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Alternatives Considered
8x8, Inc.
8x8 had better pricing for our needs. 8x8 offered the features we needed without extras we did not. The overall onboarding process as demoed was smoother and provided more confidence in the product.
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IFS
IFS Customer Engagement allows efficient manufacturing reporting for the business to select whether to use standard/default reporting or actual reporting or combined reporting. Since the system has business logic to look through the defined rules, there is minimum manual intervention. IFS Customer Engagement is working throughout the organization in different roles and it is being rolled out to additional countries as part of a replace and enhance strategy.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8x8, Inc.
It is pretty much "Par for the course" with the options out there with other vendors.
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IFS
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Scalability
8x8, Inc.
It was implemented across the board in the company and has worked perfectly
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IFS
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Return on Investment
8x8, Inc.
  • The ROI for us is measured more within the CSAT and NPS score increase we have seen thus far, both scores have gone up significantly since we have streamlined our process with 8X8.
  • We are now focusing our attention on retention with the hopes of seeing a second wave of ROI with 8X8.
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IFS
  • Increased the customer satisfaction.
  • Increased the capacity and the effectiveness of the support agent team.
  • Decreased the time of managing and administrating the call prioritizing.
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